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Actually weeping does well as a carpet. Get some rocks or mesh and spread it out. Heres my tank with weeping moss:

I think that is the moss I have a ton of! Is it really weeping moss?

Mine was sold to me as java moss and has been identified as possibly willow but I don't think it looks like either of those. It grows in the same fashion as yours above and looks almost identical.

I have a wickedly huge "tree" of it right now, grows great for that look.

02-11-2013 06:37 PM

jbrady33

Don't have a pic handy - but you can take that stainless square and attach it to the back of the tank near the top (but still underwater). I did it with a small suction cup and a big sewing needle & some thread. The moss will grow downward like a beard, I trim off the bottom and reuse.

An ok. Thanks for the clarification. I heard willow moss is hard to grow, any truth to that?

02-11-2013 04:35 AM

acitydweller

yeah, sorry for the confusion. I have had "stupid weeping moss" in mind hunting this for a while.

This is the willow moss (fontinalis antipyretica) which i find to be one of the largest and slowest to grow. it also does not scale well in small tanks and not as popular as say xmas, taiwan or peacock varieties.IMHO, it only looks good when trimmed short. otherwise it gets leggy and looks less bushy if grown out.

02-11-2013 04:13 AM

Mahlady

this would be cool

02-11-2013 02:12 AM

waddo

will the rectangle of moss spread over the gravel bottom? It looks silly just one clump sitting there. Any way to encourage this?